The Men's Short Program was such a success that one would have to go as low as 10th place to find a more serious mistake than turning out of a jump landing; or as low as seventh place to find any mistake at alll.
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Great performances for Taka, Patrick, Daisuke, & Brian! I'm heartbroken for Nobu. I guess this means he won't make the final cut, and we won't get to see his wonderful "Chapllin" program during the men's free skate. Did Ryan make the cut? I want to see his baroque/Mozart program one more time!
Wishing good thoughts for Jeremy and Adam, Samuel Contesti & Michal Brezina too.
No Chaplin but you will get to see Ryan......
By his own admission, he had flaws in his spins and steps sequences, which caused his TES to be lower than expected. I think this should lay to rest any conspiracy theory that judges purposely undermaked his TES or that Quad has lost its value. None of the above is true. His Quad combo still gave him a wopping 4.3 points in base value advantage over Takahashi and Chan's combo. That's a lot of points, considering the difference between #1 and #4 skater after the SP is less than that.